{"product_id":"the-shadow-of-the-hummingbird-9781559364829","title":"The Shadow of the Hummingbird","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world.--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there is a more urgent and indispensable playwright in world theater than South Africa's Athol Fugard, I don't know who it could be.--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAthol Fugard can say more with a single line than most playwrights convey in an entire script.--\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegendary theatre artist Athol Fugard returns to the stage for the first time in fifteen years in this, his latest work. \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Hummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an ailing man in his eighties and the afternoon spent with his ten year-old grandson. In a charming meditation on the beauty and transience of the world around us, Fugard continues to mine the depths of the human spirit with profound empathy and heart. The text of the play includes an introductory Prelude by Paula Fourie with extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAthol Fugard\u003c\/b\u003e has been working in the theater as a playwright, director, and actor for more than fifty years. In 2011, he received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, and he was the inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor of Drama at Oxford University. His plays include \u003ci\u003eBlood Knot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoesman and Lena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStatements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSizwe Banzi Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e'Master Harold' . . . and the Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Mecca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Children  My Africa \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Iris\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559364829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.30d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Athol Fugard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39992283922613,"sku":"9781559364829","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_036b6637-6aeb-4895-8a55-2f1a71f2fcf1.jpg?v=1620708140","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-shadow-of-the-hummingbird-9781559364829","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}